Vault.



,Umgrnn sriirns PATENTv en'oizenunisniuefror BoNnnLL, or LINCOLN, NEBRAsK/i. i 5* r Application ined4 December so, 1903.- seria1N0.469,938.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon YV. BoNNnLL, a citizen of the .United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraslmfyha-ve invented av neT and useful Vault, of which the vfollowing is a specification. y i

This in-vention relates to burial vaults, and has for its object-to provide an artificial stone burial vault formed of a' plurality of separate sections capable of being quickly assembled in a grave or in a place remote therefrom, and carried tosaid grave for the reception of 'a coffin or casket. i

lA further object of the inventionis to provide a burial vault having a marginal cementreceivinggroove at the juncture of the side Walls with the tcp and bottom sections of the vault, thereby to render the latter positively i air and moisture proof.

A further object is to provide a novel form of mortar lock at the corners of the vault, and further to strengthen the separate vault sections by the provision of reinforcing Wires embedded in the cement or constituting said sections. f .f

` A stillv fui-ther' object" of the invention is generally to improve tl'iis,class of devices so aste increase their utility, durability and eiliciency. `l-l i 1 i Furtherj obl'ie'cts and advantages will appear 'in fthe foi raving description', it being' undei'stoodil tl'iat various changes iii foi'm,'

proportions and minor details ofconstructibn" `may be resorted to Withinv the scopey of the appended 'claims In ythe accompanyingdrawings forming af i -1 i part of this specification :fF igure 1 is a perspective vieivjof a burial vault lci'instructed in accordance with myfinvention. transverse sectional View` longitudinal 'sectional view showing' the `constructionof the corner lock, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the vault slio\v-.

ing the side Walls or slabs in po'sitionto be placed on the bottomv section or* slab and with the top section or cover arranged above the side slabs. l

Similar numerals of reference inilicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the a ira Wings.

The improved burial vault foiiiiing the subject matter prises a bottoni section or slab 5 having laterally extending' marginal flanges G foiiii'ed integral therewith and which serve to receive fr VAULT. l

specification of Let-ters Patent.

other material Fig. 2 is la' i F 1g'. 321s adetailof the present invention coni- 3' i l f j and support the separate side sections yoir I slabs 7 and the end sections or slabs 8,@ The? i end sections or-slabs 8 are formed with terev 1 niinal recesses 9 I cent ends of the side sections or slabs 7, thes` l side sections 7 being also provided withl ter mina-l vertically disposed recesses 1.0 which l'forni pockets for the reception of cement, j mortar or other adhesive material. The

walls of the recesses 10 are preferably dis-j posed at' an acute angle, thereby to assist in retaining the cement Within the pockets and thus firmly binding the side and end walls. together.v i 7 0 Arranged at each corner of the bottom section or slab 5 is a pocket or recess 11 having a channel 12 communicating therewithjaiid 'which serves to guide the cement or other material to the recess 11 when the several 4T5 sections are assembled and the ceni''ntf'ol other material poured in the groove 1'. l The lower section or slab 5 is provided y l a central enlargement lortliiclreiied portion '13 the peripheral edge of which isfinctli'ii'e'd i downwardly in the direction of the flange .6?, thereby to produce a niargini'il cement l ceiving groove 14 extending laroundthe"1nl terior walls of the vault wlien-ftlie-sid'e#and as b'st sliown'in Fig. '.3' of the drawing i rThe upper longitudinal'edges'of thy ide and "end sections are rabbeted atl toff'o'ri'ii a seat for the cover section 16, the \-'ertib`al Wallslof the rabbet 15 ,being iiiclii'ied-out-L Wai'c'l'lyso as to produce' a cenieiit-receiving y pocket or groove 1 7` betiveen the rabbeted edges ofthe side and end Walls and-'the inarginal edge of the cover. v 'ff' y V'i`lie"side and ei'id sections as ivellastliey top andbottoni ysections of the vault :are preferably reinforced and.streiigtlienedy bv, the provision of reinforcing` rods or wires 18, j the top sec-tionor slab 16 beiiigalso provided t fithone or more eye-'bolts 19 for oiiveii-f l ienee in handling the saine'. l

ln assembling the vault in a gra ve the base slab 5 is positioned on the bottoni of the grave after which the side sections are arranged onthe bottoni section with their lower longitudinaledges resting on the marginal flange 6, the side and eiid sections being teniporai'ily supported in asseiiiblev'l position on the base section by nieaiis of segmental I clamping members 20. These clamping members 2() preferidil)v extend the entire i height of the Yvault and are provided with for the reception of the adj a 6i) l laterally' extending fingers 21 which bear against the exterior walls ofthe side and end sections, while the intermediate curved portions of the clamping members are spaced from the recessed ends of said side and end sections to form pockets for the. reception of It e concrete or cement, indicated at y22.

-portion of into the recess 11 to form a mortar-receiving l'-lock. 23 on the base section or slab at each .corner of the vault.

y thereof.

vment is cut away clamping members may the upper portion Attention is here called to the fact that each corner of the enlargeat 24 and also Vinclined downwardly in the direction -of the flange 6 `to assist in guiding the cement into the groove 12 and thence into the recess 11 to form a mortar leek 23. After the cement in the pockets 22 has set or hardened the clamping members 20 are removed, or if desired these be left in position on the vault. When the side and end sections of the vault have been thus assembled with thbase, the casket or coflin is placed Within the vault and the cover 16 positioned on the .latter with the marginal edge thereof restingl in the rabbeted portidn 15 ofthe side and en sections, the groove 17 being subsequently iilledwith cement or other adhesive material to-prevent the entrance of air or moisture at of the vault. Shape of the The particular recesses 10 serves to bind the cement or mortar thereinI and thus form a firm bond between the side and'end sections of the vault at the corners It will also be noted that by reason ofthe inclination of the marginal edge of the enlargement 13 the cement or other adhesive material will be directed downwardly between the lower longitudinal edges ofthe side and end sections and flange 6,' it being of course understood thatI a small quantity of cement will be s ositioning the side and end sections thereon and that the cement subsequently introduced within the groove 14 will flow over the surin binding the parts together'. y l

y' Having thus described the 'nvention what is claimed is l 1. A burial vault including a bottom sec-l mortar-receiving at each corner of t separate.' side and end sections tending the read en the flange .6.before on the iiange G and assist tion having a thickened portion defining a i laterally extending marginal iian'e, the edge ofthe thickened portion being inc ined downwardly in the direction of the flange, there beinga mortar-receiving pocket'formed in the flange at each corner of the bottom section, side and end sections resting on said fiange and having theirv abutting ends formed with vertically disposed recesses for. the reception of a bindingmedium, theawalls of said recesses being arranged at an acute angle to each other to assist in preventing accidental displacement of the cement.

2. A burial vault including a bottom section having an enlargement defining a laterally extending iian e, vthe margina edge of the enlargement being inclined downwardly inthe direction of the flange, there being a ocket formed in the flange ie bottom section and having a channel in communication therewith, resting on the flange of thebottom section and having their abutting ends provided with mortar-receiving recesses, a clamping member engaging the side and` end sections at each corner of the vault and spaced from the mortar-receiving recesses 1n the side and end sections,

and a cover for the vault.

3. A burial vault including a bottom'section having an enlargement definiti a laterally extending flange, the margina edge of the enlargement being inclined downwardly in the direction ofthe flange, there being mortar-receiving pockets formed in the flange at each and having a channel communicating therewith,`the corners of the enlargement being inclined in the direction of the channels,

separate side and end sections resting on the flange andhaving their abutting ends provided with -mortar-receiving recesses and their upper longitudinal edges rabbeted, a cover seated on the rabbeted edge of the side ande'nd sections, and clamping members eX- entire height of the side and end sections and' spaced from the over-lapped ends 4thereof to form a'pocket for the receptionbf a'binding medium.

corner of the bottomsection,

1n' testimony that vI .claim the foregoing as Y my own, I have hereto aiixed my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

'GEORGE .WASHINGTON oNNrtt.

Witnesses:

. JOHN HFANELL, H. P. KAUFFMAS. 

